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Following a championship loss, Jim Zullo, the former basketball coach at Northville High School, was captured on camera tugging a player’s ponytail, which led to his termination.
Coach Jim Zullo scolded player Hailey Monroe. (Photo Credits: X)
A high school basketball coach in the United States was fired after yelling at a player and yanking her ponytail following a game. On social media, a video of the incident went viral. Internet users were outraged by the incident, which involved player Hailey Monroe and Northville High School coach Jim Zullo, 81. In the video, Monroe is seen to be sad after the team’s 43-37 loss to La Frageville. She is standing next to the bench when Zullo approaches her, grabs her ponytail, and seems to yell at her. Monroe yanks away, but another player intervenes and the coach keeps scolding her. According to reports, Ahmya Tompkins, the other student, is the Zullo’s niece.
The coach apologised via WNYT after the video of his actions went viral. He apologised to the student and her family, saying he “deeply regrets his behaviour.” He added that he was pleased with his players.
“A coach was fired after pulling a girl’s ponytail following their state title loss. Her friend a real one for stepping in,” a post on X (formerly Twitter) reads.
A coach was fired after pulling a girl’s ponytail following their state title loss. Her friend a real one for stepping in🙏 https://t.co/PG6xntRGXH– Call 👾 (@the @KAllaAtmiss) March 22, 2025
Shared on March 22, the video has garnered over 22 million views so far. The Northville Central School District issued a statement titled “A Letter to Our Athletes, Families, and Community” in response to the outage that followed the viral video.
“The Northville Central School District is aware of, and deeply disturbed by, the conduct of the Coach of the Girls’ Varsity basketball team during the Class D New York State championship game. We hold our coaches to the highest standards of professionalism, sportsmanship, and respect for our student-athletes, and this behaviour is completely unacceptable,” the statement by the school stated.
“The District is committed to ensuring that this type of behaviour has no place within our programs, and we will continue to uphold the values of respect and integrity that our athletes, families, and community expect and deserve. This individual will no longer be coaching for the Northville Central School District,” the statement added.
The school also promised that the District is aggressively addressing this issue and that it is being taken very seriously.
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